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		wampus on Feb 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: .Trashes, .fseventsd, and .Spotlight-V100 What happens when the drive is shared among Macs? Why isn't this a vector for exploitation?

__david__ on Feb 4, 2015 [–]

Well, if you find a buffer overflow that can lead to code execution in spotlight (mds) or fseventsd then it very well could be a vector. Assuming no bugs in those (hah), then I'm not sure what you could exploit…

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